Oct 102006
Deprecate: a definition
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Dictionary.com’s “Word of the Day” for the 8th:
deprecate \DEP-rih-kayt\, transitive verb:
1. [Archaic] To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer.
It brings to mind the times I’ve deprecated code with that thought: “Dear God, please, stop anyone from using this.”
I have since learnt that the only way to stop people using deprecated code is to provide an alternative and remove it completely. God helps those who help themselves.
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…I quite like Simon Stewart’s trick of renaming a method that should not be called to something like onlyYourMomThinksYouAreSpecialIfYouUseThis().
Worked at least on a couple of projects so far!
I like “EvilThingummyService” too.